Tag: Amilcar Cabral
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“Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories”: The Cuban Revolution, Social Vulnerability, and Revolutionary Ethics
By Isaac Saney In one of the most enduring axioms of revolutionary integrity, Amílcar Cabral—African liberation theorist, freedom fighter, and martyr—urged those engaged in the struggle for liberation and justice to “Tell no lies, claim no easy victories.” This precept demands truth-telling, humility, and a relentless confrontation with reality. It stands in opposition to demagoguery,…